LORIENT. Lorient annihilates Lille 4-1 with goals of Laurent Abergel (9′), Julien Ponceau (10′), Romain Faivre (62′) and Vincent Le Goff (67′). On the opposite side, Lille scored with ​Jonathan David (55′). Lille was truly superior in terms of ball possession (65%).​

The match was played at the Stade Yves Allainmat – Le Moustoir stadium in Lorient on Sunday and it started at 5:05 pm local time. The referee was Willy Delajod assisted by Philippe Jeanne and Nicolas Rodrigues. The 4th official was Tifenn LeProdhomme. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 21.18 degrees Celsius or 70.12 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 62%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Lille was in firm control of the ball 65% while Lorient was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Lille had a more offensive attitude with 79 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 7 were on target. Notwithstanding, Lorient succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Lorient shot 9 times, 6 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Lille shot 18 times, 7 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Lorient received 2 yellow cards (Siriné Doucouré and Pablo Pagis). On the other side, Lille received 4 yellow cards (Leny Yoro, Benjamin André, Yusuf Yazıcı and Bafodé Diakité).

Standings

After this encounter, Lorient has 5 points to occupy the 7th place in the table. Talking about the opposition, Lille stays with 4 points (10th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Lorient will play away against Le Havre on the 3rd of September with a 5-2 head to head statistic in favor of Lorient (5 draws).

Lille will host Reims on the 26th of September with a 8-7 head to head record in favor of Reims (5 draws).

Lorient – Formation

Lorient started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Régis Le Bris decided to play with the following team: Ahmadou Bamba Dieng, Bamo Meïté, Yvon Mvogo (7.5), Formose Mendy (6.7), Julien Laporte (6.8), Montassar Talbi (7.0), Gedeon Kalulu (7.0), Laurent Abergel (8.9), Julien Ponceau (7.7), Vincent Le Goff (7.3), Romain Faivre (7.3), Pablo Pagis (7.0) and Siriné Doucouré (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Jean-Victor Makengo (6.3), Vito Mannone, Loris Mouyokolo, Darline Zidane Yongwa Ngameni, Dembo Sylla, Eli Junior Kroupi (7.0), Joel Mugisha Mvuka (6.4) and Théo Le Bris (6.7).

Substitutions

Lorient made 4 changes: Siriné Doucouré for Eli Junior Kroupi (59′), Julien Ponceau for Jean-Victor Makengo (59′), Pablo Pagis for Théo Le Bris (60′) and Romain Faivre for Joel Mvuka (76′).

Best player: Laurent Abergel​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Lorient was Laurent Abergel.

His rating is (8.9) with 1 goal, 30 passes (83% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 13. He performed 1 cross.

Lille – Formation

Lille started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Paulo Alexandre Rodrigues Fonseca played with: Carlos Baleba, Lucas Chevalier (5.3), Tiago Santos (7.0), Leny Yoro (6.4), Bafodé Diakité (6.6), Ismaily (6.0), Benjamin André (7.1), Ignacio Miramón (7.0), Edon Zhegrova (6.4), Yusuf Yazıcı (6.6), Hakon Arnar Haraldsson (6.4), Jonathan David (8.2).

These were the players on the bench: Rémy Cabella (7.3), Gabriel Gudmundsson (7.0), Akim Zedadka, Samuel Umtiti, Adam Jakubech, Ivan Cavaleiro (6.7), Aaron Malouda and Angel Gomes (7.1).

Substitutions

Lille made 4 changes: Ignacio Miramón for Angel Gomes (39′), Hakon Arnar Haraldsson for Rémy Cabella (40′), Edon Zhegrova for Ivan Cavaleiro (76′) and Ismaily for Gabriel Gudmundsson (84′).

Best player: Jonathan David​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Lille was Jonathan David.

His rating is (8.2) with 1 goal, 23 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 10.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.​

• Nice – Olympique Lyonnais – 0-0
• Montpellier – Reims – 1-3
• Clermont – Metz – 0-1
• Lorient – Lille – 4-1
• Rennes – Le Havre – 2-2
• Strasbourg – Toulouse – 2-0